Gabe
My eyes focused on Odis’s hand on my arm and I managed to stay vertical. I’d lost my drink somewhere along the way and drunk me was not happy. This meant I lost. This meant war. As soon as the world stopped spinning, I’d set things into motion.
“Where are we going?”
Odis ignored me but he continued pulling me along. He wasn’t looking at me and I took this time to admire his physical attributes. His blonde hair was slicked back and his suit did a terrible job at hiding his muscles. With each step, each swing of his shoulders, I got a glimpse of his muscles working together.
I sighed.
“You’re shit-faced,” Odis said.
True.
I shrugged. “I will neither confirm nor de-”
His chuckle had me forgetting what I was going to sa
GabeA deep chuckle rumbled behind me and I realized this person was getting a kick out of my fear. I quickly went from scared to angry. It must be nice to laugh at someone’s fear of dying. I’ll kick this kidnapper’s ass and steal my resolve before I whirl around. I’m frozen as I come face to face with a charming dimple, nice white teeth, and a clean smooth face.Odis.Beta Odis’s shoulders are hunched, his head leaning forward, and his eyes squeezed shut. His laughter melted my anger and I wasn’t sure I liked that. I was stuck between being happy and knowing full well that I wanted to slap him a second ago. I went with the section option and slapped him in the chest but if he noticed he didn’t show it.Bastard.“I thought I was going to die!” I hissed. I meant to sound angry, I was angry, I should have sounded
GabeOdis stared back at me with darkened eyes and I didn’t need to ask him to know he felt what I felt. He knew what I was thinking and his presence meant he wanted the same. Electricity sparked, threatening to burn everything down and I made my mind up, I would be giving Drunk Gabe full control over my actions. I would do what I want and I wouldn’t put too much thought into it.For now.“Err, what are you doing?” He asked, and for the first time since I’ve known him. Odis looked nervous. His eyes widened and his brows raised slightly but I didn’t miss the movement. His shock only spurred me on. I slipped my suit jacket off and his eyes dropped to my chest. I’ll give him a few moments to stop me. My fingers lifted to my collar and I kept eye contact with him.One, two, three buttons were unbuttoned and as I worked on the fourth, he sucke
GabeMy head throbbed like a mother. I struggled to open my eyes and I prayed for mercy. Who am I? A chuckle got stuck in my throat. Seriously though, where am I?“The question is who is here?” My wolf asked, he was on high alert, at least one of us was. I grabbed my head before sitting up and looking around. My jaw dropped, I couldn’t believe who was in my room. I don’t know who I was expecting but it definitely wasn’t him. Leo sat at my dining room table as if he belonged there.He was wearing black shorts that hung loosely on his hips and a white sleeveless shirt. His elbow was on the table, his head leaned on his open palm, and his eyes were closed. I tried to figure out what I was missing.Why was he here?How was he here?I needed to figure out why he was here and how he got into my room. It didn’t m
Gabe“You need to move out of the way so I can get up,” I said. There was no sign of him being upset with my response. I’m a blunt person and I’m more than used to people not liking me. So when Leo simply smiled and flashed a dimple at me, I was too stunned to slap him.He got to his feet and I watched him as he made his way over to the table. I sighed before I threw my legs over the edge of the bed. The question still remained, how did he get in here?I glanced at Leo and watched him as he leaned back against the chair. My eyes automatically dipped to the muscles that peeked out from under his shirt. They were pulled taunt and I didn’t miss the fact that Leo was mighty fine.I’m blunt, not blind.When I realized I was drooling, I looked up to find him staring at me. Damn it. What could be worse than being caught ogling him after
GabeWell fuck.This was the most awkward situation I’ve been in and I didn’t even know why. I could sense the tension between the two as Leo’s words hung in the air between the three of us. Goddess, you could cut the tension with a knife.The silence was stretching out and filling the hallway. As I stared at Odis, a blanket of guilt covered me and started to make its way down to my center. I tried to shake off the feeling, I had no reason to feel guilty. Odis was glaring at Leo and Leo was glaring right back.“I had to wake you up the other day, I wouldn’t have pegged you for an early bird,” Odis said. He was focused on me and completely ignored Leo’s greeting. I had to hold back the urge to laugh when Leo mumbled ‘rude’ under his breath.“I didn’t know we knew each other that well,” I said. W
GabeThe rest of the walk to the field was done in silence. Leo didn’t try to ask any more questions about Odis and I was relieved. When we got to the open field, Olivia’s replacement was running laps. I watched her for a few minutes until I felt Leo’s gaze. I shook off the sadness that tried to creep up whenever I thought of her I didn’t need that now. I did however have a few questions for my partner.“Do you want to explain what that was all about?” I asked as I turned around and faced him. He was shocked for a second but regained his composure.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Leo said. He was lying through his teeth and I was so close to losing my shit.“Oh really? You don’t know about the tension between you and our Beta back there?” I asked. He shrugged innocently but he was anything but.
Gabe“You want to go to brunch?” I asked. “As in, the two of us?” My fingers twitched and my palms got clammy. This sounded too much like a date and I wasn’t doing dates any time soon. Don’t get me wrong, Leo was hot but emotional baggage and all prevented me from even thinking of moving on.“Lies,” My wolf murmured.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I grumbled.“It’s not that the emotional baggage is preventing you from moving on,” Felix said.“Then what is it?” I asked.My wolf smiled and I fought the urge to smile in return. “You’re not interested in using Leo to move on or forget. There’s only one person you want to tickle your pickle and he tends to be of the suit-wearing variety.”
LeoGabe had been on my mind since he put me on my ass during the competition. He was a challenge I wanted to take on. My wolf wanted nothing more than to feel him writhing beneath us and I wanted the same. He may have gotten on top of me out there but if I could have him in my bed he would be below me at my mercy.The two of us won the competition and I saw Gabe as my equal. I gave up on finding my mate a long time and I was used to playing around. I’d never seen someone as my equal but here he was. Sitting in front of me willingly. I hadn’t had a chance to get him all to myself and when I woke up this morning I decided today would be the day.Two things had happened since the competition. Alright that’s a lie, a few things had happened but there were only two things I marked as important. Gabe was my equal and became my partner. This morning when I watched him sleep, I thought of him as prett
The first month back at Desert Moon had been hard. Not a day went by without us fighting. Ethan rejected Mavy as his mate before we came home. A part of me knew he was hurt about it, missed her like I missed Shane. I felt like he was only with me because I was his Luna, because of obligation and duty. I didn’t know why he wanted to be with me. He didn’t know why I was with him when I loved Shane. We were at our lowest. We were ugly, we were at our rawest. It wasn’t until month two that we finally talked about everything. We talked bout what happened and we talked about the past. The one that I remembered and by this time, the one that he remembered. It was hard, facing the man I loved in this life and the man I hated in the past. He wasn’t him anymore, he hadn’t been him for a long time. We dug into the past and were completely honest with each other. He fell to his knees and apologized for what he’d done even though I told him it wasn’t him, that wasn’t him anymore. He asked me if I
Mavy fell back as if she’d been physically struck. She collapsed on the couch, her eyes watering. She didn’t look back at me, she kept her gaze focused on Ethan. I watched as her world crashed around her again for the second time in five minutes.“Where does that leave me?” Mavy asked. “I’m… your…” she shook her head and turned to look back at Ethan. “That’s not possible. I’m… I can smell it. I can feel it. Can’t you?” Mavy whispered. I heard the desperation in her voice.“I don’t care what you think or how you feel. I am already mated and my mate, my partner, my love, MY QUEEN sits in this room. Don’t disrespect her again.” The emotion in his voice caused me to choke up. Mavy bit into her lower lip and tears streamed down her cheeks. She dropped her head.“Yes, Alpha,” she said submissively.“I killed your Alpha,” Ethan said. “I’ve killed your brother.”“Yes,” she murmured.“Will you fight me on this?” Ethan asked.“As the next in line, I submit to you,” Mavy whispered.Ethan dismiss
The voices were getting louder, my head was hurting. I wanted to roll up into a ball and disappear from the world. Instead, I closed my eyes and tried to drown it all out, trying to ignore everyone. I wasn’t ready to deal with it.“She’s in shock…”“She’s confused…”“Enough!”A door slammed and footsteps paddled quickly towards me. Soft frail arms wrapped around me. Tears soaked my cheeks and my neck as Mavy cried. Did she know? She had to know.“Are you okay?” Mavy sobbed.I wrapped my arms around her and nodded. The tears started up again and streamed down my cheeks. Her t-shirt bunched in my fingers as I held her close. We cried and held each other.She inhaled deeply and froze. Slowly, she lifted her nose into the air and took another deep breath. Turning from me, she tried to follow the scent. She stopped, her gaze locked on someone, I turned and followed her gaze.I should have known, expected it but I’d been so caught up in my feelings that I didn’t think. I don’t know how it w
I didn’t have an answer for him and I don’t think he would have liked what I would have said. Hell, I didn’t know if I liked what I thought or how I felt. Instead of hurting him and cutting myself open for him, I didn’t say anything. I remained quiet. My world was crashing around me and my ears were ringing. I lowered my head and the tears flowed of their own volition.Ethan leaned down and I flinched as his arms wrapped around me. They were strong and broad. His embrace was warm and promised I could lean on him. I attempted to get to my feet only to fall. My face twisted from the pain and I wanted to cry and wallow in my own self-pity. Standing, he pulled me up and held me as my body gave up. I collapsed against him.I wanted to get to Shane, needed to. As if on cue, the weak mate bond snapped, and just like in my dream, it was gone. Only, this time, the pain I was feeling was because of Shane and not because of Ethan. The world was cold, the warmth I’d been able to feel from Shane f
Did what I do to him last night not bother him? I betrayed him. Did he not care that I came here to hurt him? Did he not care that I chose Ethan? I wanted to cry and scream. I wanted to run into his arms. I wanted this to stop. I wanted them to stop fighting. I wanted it all to stop. I screamed, it was painful and gut-wrenching but I screamed. I cursed the Goddess, damn her, she was useless in all of this. She sat up there above the clouds and did nothing to help us. Did she enjoy watching us suffer? When I couldn’t scream anymore, I inhaled deep breaths of air. I looked up and froze as Shane stared back at me. The way he looked at me told me he knew he was going to die. The look in his eye told me he knew he lost but for me, there was a small spark as if he wouldn’t just lay down and take it. I watched Ethan punch him. It was as if he was moving in slow motion. He hit his jaw and Shane’s head snapped back hard against the ground. Shane’s body tensed and he punched Ethan in the gut.
For a moment in time, they stood glaring at each other. The sun was blaring down on us. My gaze darted back and forth between the two. Shane’s eyes wandered away from Ethan and landed on me. “Look at me, mutt. You don’t get to look at her after what you’ve done,” Ethan spat. “I’m not so weak that you can look away from me in the middle of a fight.” “What have I done?” Shane taunted. “You’ve touched what’s mine,” Ethan growled. “I haven’t done anything other than touch what is mine. I haven’t done anything but make love to what is mine. I’ve claimed her. She may not wear my mark, thief but she is mine. Don’t claim her as yours. She was mine, she was always mine. She doesn’t belong to you, she never did.” A look came over Ethan’s face as if he knew as if this was confirmation as if he was reminded of something he’d forgotten. “You’re the one who touched someone who wasn’t yours. You are the one who took what was mine. Don’t try to play the victim. Don’t pretend to be something you’re
No.Not Odis.“Devin,” I gasped.Devin heard me but didn’t stop. He didn’t look up at me, didn’t even hesitate as he continued to stomp Odis into the ground. Blood spurt from Odis’ mouth and I think I heard his ribs crack. I took a step closer to stop it, to stop him. In a flash, someone was on top of Devin. Strong arms held Devin’s prisoner in a headlock and his legs wrapped around Devin’s abdomen.I wanted to scream but it quickly died in my throat as Odis and I realized the man in front of me was Gabe. Gabe. It was Gabe and he was on top of Devin. Well, he was wrapped around him like a python ready to suffocate his prey. Gabe grunted as he continued to squeeze Devin’s head, blocking his airflow.I wanted to cry out happily but I couldn’t. Gabe was here. Why was he here? He wasn’t supposed to be here. Things were going differently since he was alive. He was standing, breathing, his head was still attached to his body. Maybe things were turning out differently.Maybe Gabe was safe, ma
“Do you understand what I’m saying?” Odis asked. I couldn’t find the words to speak, so I nodded. “Good,” Odis said as his grip on me loosened. “Why don’t you let her go?” A voice called out to us. Looking up, I searched for the source of the voice. My eyes widened as I found Devin watching up. His gaze locked around Odis’ arms that were still wrapped around me to his hands that gripped my arms. “I promise I’m more fun,” Devin teased. I know what it looked like. It looked like I was being held back from moving. It looked like Odis was stopping me from helping Shane. It looked like I was stuck between two packs, two men. The situation I found myself in was precarious. I was now stuck between two Betas who were supposed to protect me, despite their conflicting thoughts regarding me. I hadn’t had much time with Devin since I’d been back. He hadn’t been the nicest, shit, I don’t think he even liked me. That didn’t change the fact that Devin was Beta of Half Moon pack. Shane was his
I didn’t have an answer and I prayed I didn’t have to make the choice. Not only had everyone stopped moving but it had gone deathly silent. For a moment, everyone and everything froze. There wasn’t a whisper of wind in the air, the trees stood still, and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. It was the calm before the storm. It felt like someone had pushed the pause button and all at once the play button was pressed and all hell broke loose. As if planned, the two of them ran toward each other. I looked past Ethan and my gaze landed on Shane’s chest. The sword had been taken out, a gaping hole was left in its place right next to his heart. Now that it was gone, I could see I had barely missed his heart. If I’d been one inch to the right, he would have died. How had I missed that? I didn’t kill him. Was I not paying attention? Why hadn’t I looked at his heart? I had aimed, hadn’t I? Had I meant to miss it? No, I had meant it, or else I wouldn’t have stabbed him at all. I tried to